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| author | Brian <brian.paul@tungstengraphics.com> | 2007-07-27 08:13:57 -0600 |
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| committer | Brian <brian.paul@tungstengraphics.com> | 2007-07-27 08:13:57 -0600 |
| commit | 513b28697625e354f6e59b6c453e1783c2f2c56f (patch) | |
| tree | d496095709a1729a4a64c05d48365eceef6f7041 | |
| parent | 75d8bc0105827e80e7b66e2deb8a9ac7056da783 (diff) | |
Added tip about appending Module.symvers file to fix symbol versioning problems.
Contributed by Sergio Monteiro Basto and Michel Danzer.
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -20,10 +20,17 @@ Install (as root): Note that if your kernel uses symbol versioning, after the new AGPGART -module is intalled, most likely DRM will not load, complaining about -missing symbols since DRM still uses the old agpgart symbols. +module is intalled DRM may not load, complaining about missing symbols +since DRM still uses the old agpgart symbols. -To work around this problem, remove the Module.symvers file from the -kernel sources. Then recompile and reinstall drm. +To work around this problem, either: +1. Remove the Module.symvers file from the kernel sources. Then +recompile and reinstall DRM. + +or, + +2. Append the Module.symvers file generated when compiling linux-agp-compat +to the kernel's Module.symvers file (i.e. "cat Module.symvers +>> /usr/src/kernels/2.6.x/Module.symvers") before rebuilding the DRM. |